Golf-bag holder



Oct. l5, 1'929. 1 A, SNOW ET AL '1,731,755

GOLF BAG HOLDER Filed D80. 21, 1925 u naw fa/r/f Hwa/rca Patented Oct.l5, 1929 UNITED ySTATES LEON A. SNOW AND FRANK W. DUNCAN, OFSEATTLE,WASHINGTON GOLF-BAG- HOLDER Application led December 21, 17925. SerialNo. 76,654.

The invention is a device that may readily be attached to the lower endof a golf bag or the like which may be used to hold the golf bag in anupright position.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eiicient devicefor readily holding a golf bag in the upright position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for holding agolf bag in an upright position when standing upon the ground which mayreadily be attached toy any ba l further object ofthe invention istoprovide a device for holding a golt` bag in yan upright position whichmay readily be forced into the ground by the foot and which may readilybe released by an upward pull on the bag.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a readilyvdetachable device for holding golf bags or the likel which is simpleand inexpensive.

With these ends in view the invention embodies a pointe-d pin slidablyheld in a small casing with a projection by which it may readily bepushed downward, and a spring by which it will automatically be drawnup-Y ward as soon as it is released.

Other features and advantages ofthe invention, will appear fromthevfollowing description, taken in connection with the drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a golf bag showing the device asit would be attached to the bag.

Figure 2 is a front view of the device.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section through the device.

Figure 4 is a transverse section through the device.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing an alternate construction.

In the drawings we have shown our device.

as it would be made wherein numeral l indicates the pin, numeral 2 thecasing, and numeral 3 the spring.

It will be observed that the pin 1 may be ina-de with a straight roundbar having its lower end 4 pointed and the projection 5 at its upper endby which it may be forced yinto the ground.

downward. The projection 5 may be made as shown in Figure 4 in which theupper end of the pin is bent outward and flattened or as shown in Figure5 in which the end of the pin is bent outward without latteningso thatit may readily be installed in the casing. It is also understoodythatthe projection 5 may be of any suitable shape or arranged in anylsuitable manner. In the design shown in Figures 2 and 4 it is necessaryto provide a notch 6 in the casing 2 so that the pin may be twisted tothe position shown after the projection hasbeen placed through'the slot'7 when installing, whereas with the projection made as shown in Figure5 it may readily be placed through the slot 7 so that the notch 6 may beomitted. v

The casing 2 may be made of a thin piece of material with outwardly`extending flanges adjacent the ends, and may be bent as shown with apartiallytubular shaped portion 8 in the center in which the slot 7 isformed. The pin l is placed in the portion 8 with a collar 9 Aaround itslower end and another collar l0 around its upper end between which thespring 3 is placed. It will be noted that the lower end of the casing 2is crimped as shown at the point 11 to hold the collar 9 in place, andit will be seen that as the projection 5 is pushed downward from theupper tothe lower end of the slot 7 the collar 9 will remain stationaryand the collarrrlO will move downward thereby .compressing the spring,'and when theigolf bag is setting upon the ground the pointed end of thepin will pass It will be observed that when the pin is forced into theground it will form a stabilizer for the bag and thereby hold the bag inan upright position.

The device may readily be attached to the bag by holding the outwardlyextending projections at the ends of the casing l to the bag through thesmall holes in the projections, and it will also be observed that one ofthe projections may be bent around one of the steel ribs of the bag asshown in Figure 5, and then attached to the projection at the oppositeside by a pin or rivet l2 as shown in Figure 5.

'It will also be noted that Figure 5 shows a combination ef the twotypes ci projections what we claimv as new and desire to secure by sothat the projections at one end may be attaehed to the bands around thebottom of the bag while the projections at the opposite end may beattached to the steel rib.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changesmay be in the design of the pin as it is understood that this may be ofany suitable size or shape; another' may be in the design of the easing;another may be in the use of any other means for forcing the pin 1downward and still another may be in the use of other means forautomatically returning the pin to the normal position.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing;description. To use the device it may readily be attached to a golf baglor other similar object as shown in Figure l and it will be observedthat when the bag is placed upon the ground the pin may readily beforced downward by placing the foot upon the projection 5, and when inthe ground the friction between the pin and the ground will hold the pindownward and also hold the bag in an 'upright position.

Having thus fully described the invention,

Letters Patent, is

In a latch for holding golf bags, a round bar with the lower end pointedand the upper end flattened and extended at right angles, a casing inwhich the said bar is slidably mounted, said easing having,` asemi-circular section surroundingthe bar with outwardly extending Hangesby which the casing may be attached to the stay of a golf bag, astationary collar on the rod forming a bearing in the lower end of thecasing', a slidable collar on the upper end of the rod also forming abear- 'ing in the casing, afspring on the rod for resiliently holding 1tupward, and a lug at'the upper end'of the casing positioned above theoutwardly extending flattened upper end of' the round bar, said lughavin g an inclined surface to prevent objects resting thereon, saidcasing having a slot through which the {lattened end of the round barextends `and in which it will move upward and downward and said slothaving a notch adjacent the lower end to permit the passage of theflattened end of the round rod when the rod is being inserte-d in thecasing when assembling the device. i

In testimony whereof we hereby affix our signatures.

LEONA. SNOW. FRANK W. DUNCAN.V

